Caffieri family

The Caffieri family was a multigenerational Italian family of sculptors active in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The family is chiefly documented through a succession of artists linked by descent, whose careers extended across several generations. Rather than being a commercial brand in the modern sense, the Caffieri name identifies a hereditary artistic lineage and an important group within the history of French sculpture. The recorded line begins with Daniele Caffiéri (1603–1639). His children included Philippe Caffieri (1634–1716), who became the central connecting figure in the later family genealogy. Philippe’s descendants included François-Charles Caffieri (1667–1729), whose children included Charles-Philippe Caffieri (1695–1766) and Charles-Marie Caffieri (1736–1779). A related branch descended from Jacques Caffieri (1678–1755), whose children included Philippe Caffieri (1714–1774) and Jean-Jacques Caffieri (1725–1792). The family’s activity belongs to the period when sculpture in France was closely associated with court culture, ecclesiastical commissions, architectural decoration, memorial art, and the production of works for elite patrons. The available reference material identifies the members as sculptors but does not provide a complete catalogue of their individual commissions, institutional appointments, workshops, or surviving works. Accordingly, the family is best understood as an artistic dynasty rather than as an operating company with a documented product portfolio, ownership structure, headquarters, or financial history. The Caffieri genealogy is significant because it shows how artistic skills, professional relationships, and reputational capital could pass through a family workshop and across generations. Several individuals carried the same or closely related names, making precise attribution dependent on genealogical and art-historical research. The family is treated in specialist reference works, including Grove Art Online and the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. The available Wikipedia account presents the lineage concisely and does not establish a modern successor organization or continuing commercial entity.

The Caffieri family was an Italian family of sculptors active in France across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its history is preserved primarily through a descent-based genealogy rather than through the records of a single institution or company. The family’s artistic identity developed over several generations, with later members connected to earlier Caffieri sculptors by parentage. The genealogy begins with Daniele Caffiéri, who lived from 1603 to 1639. His children included Philippe Caffieri, born in 1634 and deceased in 1716. Philippe occupies a central position in the recorded family line. His descendants included François-Charles Caffieri, who lived from 1667 to 1729. François-Charles’s children included Charles-Philippe Caffieri, born in 1695 and deceased in 1766, and Charles-Marie Caffieri, who lived from 1736 to 1779. A further branch descended from Jacques Caffieri, born in 1678 and deceased in 1755. His children included Philippe Caffieri, who lived from 1714 to 1774, and Jean-Jacques Caffieri, born in 1725 and deceased in 1792. The repeated use of the names Philippe and Caffieri makes the family tree important for distinguishing individuals and assigning works correctly. The family’s professional activity took place in France, although the lineage is described as Italian. The broader setting was the French artistic world of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when sculptors worked for religious, aristocratic, architectural, and courtly patrons. The supplied reference does not provide enough information to reconstruct a continuous workshop history, identify all commissions, or describe the precise roles held by each family member. It does, however, establish the family as a sustained sculptural lineage spanning multiple generations. The Caffieri family is documented in specialist art-historical reference sources, including the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon and Guilhem Scherf’s article in Grove Art Online. These sources place the family within the history of European sculpture and provide a basis for further study of individual members. No evidence in the supplied material indicates that the family operated as a modern brand, incorporated business, or continuing organization. Its enduring significance is instead genealogical and artistic: the Caffieri name represents a network of related sculptors whose careers formed part of the history of sculpture in France during the early modern period.

• 1736

  Birth of Charles-Marie Caffieri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  Charles-Marie Caffieri was born in the family branch descending from François-Charles Caffieri.

• 1725

  Birth of Jean-Jacques Caffieri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  Jean-Jacques Caffieri was born as a later member of the Caffieri sculptural family.

• 1695

  Birth of Charles-Philippe Caffieri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  Charles-Philippe Caffieri was born to the branch descending from François-Charles Caffieri.

• 1678

  Birth of Jacques Caffieri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  Jacques Caffieri was born and later became the ancestor of another documented branch of the family.

• 1667

  Birth of François-Charles Caffieri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  François-Charles Caffieri was born as a later member of the family’s sculptural lineage.

• 1634

  Birth of Philippe Caffieri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  Philippe Caffieri was born and later became a central ancestor in the documented family descent.

• 1603

  Birth of Daniele Caffiéri

  [1]Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org

  Daniele Caffiéri, the earliest recorded figure in the supplied Caffieri genealogy, was born.

A historical artistic lineage associated with Italian sculptors working in France, rather than a contemporary consumer or corporate brand.

1. 1Caffieri familyen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Caffiéri family, Grove Art Onlineoxfordartonline.com